1 Kings 6:7 - Easy To Read Version

⁷ The workers used large stones to build the walls. The workers cut the stones at the place where they got them out of the ground. So there was no noise of hammers, axes, or any other iron tools in the temple.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ When the house was being built, its stone was made ready at the quarry, and no hammer, ax, or tool of iron was heard in the house while it was in building.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

Common English Bible

⁷ When the temple was built, they did all the stonecutting at the quarry. No hammers, axes, or any iron tools were heard in the temple during its construction.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Now the house, while it was being built, was made from cut and finished stones. And so, neither mallet, nor chisel, nor any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was being built.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And the house, when it was in building, was built of stones hewed and made ready: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house when it was in building.

1 Kings 6:7 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 6:6

The rooms touched the temple wall, but their beams were not built into that wall. {That temple wall became thinner at the top.} So the wall which made one side of those rooms was thinner than the wall below it. The rooms on the bottom floor were 5 cubits [36] wide. The rooms on the middle floor were 6 cubits [37] wide. The rooms above that were 7 cubits [38] wide.

1 Kings 6:8

The entrance to the bottom rooms was on the south side of the temple. Inside, there were stairs that went up to the second floor rooms and from there to the third floor rooms.

Exodus 20:25

If you use stones to make an altar, then don’t use stones that were cut with an iron tool. [132] If you do that, it will make the altar not acceptable.

Proverbs 24:27

Don’t build your house before you plant your fields. Make sure that you are prepared to grow food before you build a place to live.

Isaiah 42:2

He will not speak loudly in the streets.\par He will not cry out or yell.\par

Acts 9:31

The church (believers) everywhere in Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had a time of peace. With the help of the Holy Spirit, {\cf2\super [196]} the group became stronger. The believers showed that they respected the Lord by the way they lived. Because of this, the group of believers grew larger and larger.

Romans 9:23

God waited with patience so that he could make known his rich glory. God wanted to give that glory to the people that receive his mercy. God has prepared these people to have his glory.

2 Corinthians 5:5

This is what God made us for. And he has given us the Spirit {\cf2\super [20]} to be a guarantee—a proof \{that he will give us this new life\}.

Colossians 1:12

and give thanks to the Father. He has made you able to have the things he prepared for you. He has prepared these things for all his people who live in the light (good).

James 1:20

A person’s anger does not help him live right like God wants.

1 Peter 2:5

You also are like living stones. God is using you to build a spiritual temple. {\cf2\super [14]} You are to serve God in that temple as holy {\cf2\super [15]} priests. You are to give spiritual sacrifices {\cf2\super [16]} to God that he will accept because of Jesus Christ.